At a depth of about 10 m, an underwater museum, fitted with 70 sculptures by Jason deCaires Taylor, a renowned British artist, will be opened in late July.

The island is ready to welcome the first cruise passengers on the basis of a health protocol that were in early May announced by Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos, transport minister, and the Vasilis Demetriades, deputy minister of shipping.

A new manual was introduced for the monitoring of marine litter where the purpose of the handbook is to provide more reliable and comparable data. This is to allow experts to assess the impact of measures already in place to reduce marine litter pollution and to better understand where to focus future clean-up efforts of the beaches and seas of Europe.

The Cyprus Institute for Maritime and Shipping (CMMI), the Cyprus Youth Organisation, the Larnaca Tourism Board (LTB) and the Geoimaging Company announced the holding of the original "Give a Name" competition.

Atlantica Hotels & Resorts in collaboration with Hull Blyth Araouzos Ltd. will be hosting the Royal Caribbean International crew of the Odyssey of the Seas cruise ship in its hotels.

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) noted with satisfaction the joint statement signed by the heads of five United Nation bodies, on March 25, which calls on all governments to prioritise seafarers in their national COVID-19 vaccination programmes, together with other essential workers, saying that their safe movement is essential to critical goods movement and travel on which the global economy depends for recovery.